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caused a light of the span to go out for a couple of hours. >> we will talk about that more in a couple of minutes. >> first we will look at some rain in the bay area. let us check out our forecast with erica. >> good morning anny. >> you may encounter what roadways. palo alto receiving light rain the green on your screen over in sunnyvale, cupertino as a zoom in on the east bay. lightly browned haywood union city stretching to north.norge. >> you may need to use your windshield wipers for portions of highway 4. >> taking storm tracker to the south bay interstate 280 and interstate 101 contending with like worcester. the showers are

stalling out in passing through an moving relatively quickly. you will see light rain on surface streets in the downtown san jose area. drive with extra caution. it looks like it will be short- lived. the rain fell overnight and we saw a 10th of an inch or most of us. >> satellite and radar issuing the bigger picture showers continue to push their way south. we have a lot of instability in the air and with that the possibility exists for thunderstorms. we could see that small hail could be produced later this morning. that is something we will monitor. futurecast 4 is set up for 6:00 a.m. not much to show. light rain in the livermore valley. out in evergreen, morgan hill and gilroy. partly cloudy conditions. as we put the clock into motion we have the chance, the possibility exists for a straight shower afternoon and evening. it is

ppretty slim and most of the bay area will be drying out. >> mid '50s just about everywhere. 57 for oakland. 52 in antioch. 53 in fairfield. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows we are not out of the woods. tomorrow will be a mostly sunny day however, we have the chance for showers on friday. saturday into sunday and another system will stroll in with this. we could see two-thirds of an inch of rain for the bay area. temperatures remain on the cold side. showers continue as we start the next work week. >> in the traffic center it is quiet. no hot spots. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza it is wet. you may encounter light rain. we have no accidents to report out of oakland into the city. >> here at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 it looks good for those of you heading out of foster city.

>> south bound 101 wet roadway is the drive is 22 minutes of novato into san francisco. >> thank you erica pg&e crews in san mateo county are working to restore power to the area of our terre and moss beach. >> the outage was first reported last night around 930. leading around 4800 people without power. >> a party said the outage began in the area of second avenue and main street in montero. the result of a transformer fire. at last check about 330 customers are still affected pg&e says it hopes to have power restored by 6:00 a.m.. >> the cleanup and repairs related to a water pipe break that siddur of mud flowing into a city neighborhood last month are expect to cost about a million dollars. >> yesterday, the city council approved setting aside over $990,000 to pay for repairs to the hillside

above the homeless. >> repairs also be made to the 8 in. water main that correct on november 13th. city officials and the funding for these repairs will come from money already collected from residents' water bills. >> the city of lafayette hopes to have a giant sinkhole that opened up after last weekend's severe storm repair by christmas. the city has hired martin to contractors c-c myers for the job. the sinkhole opened early in the morning on december 3rd on mountain view drive after a storm drain failed. it continued to grow for several days after. crews initially said the road would possibly be closed for the entire winter. >> one person is dead and two others injured falling separate shootings in oakland yesterday. police said man was found shot to death just after a 30 in the 800 block of hot in stride. minutes later a woman was reported shot and the 900

block of 18th street in west oakland. >> two was taken to the hospital in stable condition. the two shootings following an afternoon shooting in the 400 block of 16th street at about 230. the male victim in the incident was taken to the hospital in stable condition. he was caught uncooperative with police. police have not released details or motives or suspects. >> police arrest most suspects, including four women, in connection with the death of a man who was one of two people. down bound and gagged on a san this is the street. >> police are investigating --the male victim died his name was steven reed. the woman has not been and she is still in serious condition. she is expected to survive. the san francisco d.a. office tells us they have not received

the case to shut for the suspect to be right. >> police are investigating the shooting death of 18 in south san jose yesterday afternoon. >> officers were called to the 1500 block of fairhaven drive at 320 on reports of traffic collision. >> but when they're right, police on a 16 year old boy dead beside the s u b the was pushed up against a tree. >> police said the team at least one gunshot wound and based on the nature of the incident, they are treating the death as a homicide. >> it is on occupied we had a dead body next to the vehicle. obviously no one will parked the vehicle that way. >> police say the teens and that is san jose's 43rd homicide of the year. >> police are warning residents about a string of burglaries that took place in morgan hill over the past month. investigators believe at least two people are responsible for 23 home and

car burglaries in the green leaf neighborhood. >> police say the suspects not on the door of home and if there is no answer they tried doorknobs and look for open windows or other ways to enter on occupied residence. the piece also try door handles on cars define one that are unlocked and even red when those of some vehicles. so far no rest have been made. >> a fire that displays a woman and her eight year old son early yesterday morning has been deemed as an act arson by the hayward fire department. >> we first told about the story yesterday here on the kron 4 morning news. >> the one alarm fire was reported at 5--for a in one extreme yesterday. >> investigators determine fire was arson after confirming a motolov cocktail had been brought to

the window. no injuries were reported in the american red cross is helping out with food, clothing and shelter for the victims'. >> we could be in store for more showers brought the morning we will be right back.

we're back 4:10 is the time. does give you a quick update on market. stocks sprang to life yesterday falling 04 signs of progress in budget talks. the s and p 500 at its biggest gain this month. >> here is a look at the close of numbers. >> the dow rose 79.2 13,000 to 48. >> the s&p 500 rose nine points. >> while the nasdaq gained 35 points closing a child under 3025. . we will be keeping an eye on the stock market all morning starting at 6:30 a.m. with the opening bell. >> facebook most up to the

nasdaq under today. >> but the social media giant is expected to have a minimal impact on the index. facebook will account for about 1% of the index. by campaign--by comparison, the largest component of the nasdaq, accounts for about 70%. the of this large stocks on the nasdaq are microsoft, global, oracle, and amazon. >> ya hoo is e-mail service is getting a makeover. >> it is the company's attempt to regain the some of the ground lost to go. the company is hoping to cater to the growing audience, will check their e-mail or smart phones and tablet computers. dow also introduce mobile apps for the iphone, ipad and devices powered by microsoft recently released windows a system. >> red box is looking to challenge the red envelope guys. red box, the dvd kiosk company is launching a

movie streaming service to challenge a net flicks. the new service or a unlimited streaming video plan that will include movies from warner brothers and ppi x, along with four nights of dvd rentals for a $8 a month. the service will include tv shows when it launches on an invitation only base before the end of the year. president obama, is the most reeked we did manage 2012. his election night we of four more years along with the picture of him hugging first lady michelle obama got more than a hundred 10,000 tweaks and more than 300,000 favors. just in beaver came in a distant second for his tweed about a young fan of past away from our former brain cancer. the summer olympics from one was the most v the event of 2012 it generated over 150 million tweets. >> we may see some thunderstorms this morning and afternoon. erica what

the details on your forecast including the 7 day when we come back. ?ñ

we are back in is 4:15. we have a live look from our bay bridge cacamera. the road does not look to damp. although we did it overnight showers. looks like there's still some out there let us get the forecast with erica. morning erica. >> not really much rain to concern yourselves with. the roadways are dead in some spots. we are seeing light rain trickling in from parts of san francisco. a drizzle. here in the mid peninsula looks like palo alto is contending with showers. you will need your windshield wipers. for interstate 280 as well as highway 101. into the east bay check out union

city yellow on your screen indicates a moderate show of rain. light rain for those of you commuting personal. over to pittsburgh and antioch not seeing any heavy rain on the freeway itself. you will be contending with rewet road ways of using highway 4. light rain in portions of south san jose we are picking up light rain in morgan hill and gilroy. again, the showers are passing through an moving relatively quickly the moisture continues to push its way south nothing too much in terms of snow in the sierra not a lot of moisture associated with the system. you can see on futurecast 4 by 7:00 a.m. most of the showers will be out of the bay area. however, a lot of cool air associated with this system. it will be a chilly afternoon. snow

levels and the sierra dropping to 3,000 ft.. . we have a lot of instability in the atmosphere and potential for a thunderstorm. your temperatures now because of the cloudy temperatures it is not too cool. upper '40's were fairfield. 54 in oakland. your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast does display mostly sunny conditions as we head into tomorrow. the wet weather will return as we head into saturday and sunday. >> that is your forecast i will have more on that in a bit. >> and the traffic center despite the damp roadways i am not looking at hot spots. you are good to go here a trouble-free commute out of oakland into the city. a handful of cars taking the west bound trip. >> the san mateo bridge ride moving well in both its direction of highway 92 the drive is 12 minutes from into end. >> south bound 101 a wet deck but no problems for those of you coming out of

the north bay. >> over to our traffic map cc sluggish conditions northbound 880 the stretch of yellow speed the dipping below 50 m.p.h.. >> and turn our attention and to stay 580 no backups for those of you coming off the altamonte pass. in the south bay slug is conditions 17 south bound red on our road with censors speeds below 25 mi. per hour. north down 101 is moved an easy ride for those of you coming out of the coyote valley. thank you erica. antioch new mayor is taking office at a time when there is a spike of violent crime in the city. >> wade harper has been in office exactly one week and there is been one murder in a separate drive-by shooting that injured two people yesterday morning. >> heart is as the first thing he wants to do to address the problem is to create a committee that will work with the community. >> to listen to the concern

of the residents in that area not just when there is a violent crime. on a regular basis. to know the needs of the community. >> harper, who is also a tracy police officer, also was to beef up the antioch police force. >> detectives in pleasant hill say, a copycat criminal may be to blame for the latest pipe bomb incident outside school. the pipe bomb was found outside pleasant hill elementary school, is today. it did not go off and no one was hurt. the pipe bomb case marks the second three days. >> on saturday battle of this mailbox, a short time later officers dismantled another pipe bomb and arrested three teenagers. >> but at this point they're not looking that case to the one linking the case of another element for school.

>> police hopefully s- successfully dismantled a pipe bomb found yesterday at the school. they have not made any arrests in the current case with those will live in the air or hopefully for a break. >> offices are tight-lipped about what they're not letting the case together. but did say, they think that who ever tried to like a pop popipe bomb at the school was trying to cause a major damage. >> police are investigating able burglary and walnut creek macy's for someone broke windows to get into the department store. >> the door was take off and the glass was broken. >> a couple of the drearily cases have been cleared out i thought they sell out already. --jewelry cases.

>> officers responded to the store and found window smashed, jewelery stolen from display cases and a sledgehammer left behind. >> investigators are looking into whether there are some religious videos or any footage of the cry. no arrests have been made. >> 3 peninsula city police chief of state residents on operation smart. that is the new crime-fighting program aimed at curbing gang violence. >> there has been over a dozen gang-related shootings between taliban and a deville gangs in the past six months. >> the program was launched last month, an east palo alto, menlo park and palo alto have already stepped up patrols and the problem areas. >> the east palo alto police chchief says the program

was put to test last week after shooting in the city. >> we want to make sure we find out if at a gang- related who was possible and make sure we start to apprehend them. >> programs are being implemented in three cities to stop gang violence the program has been going on for years and encourages gang members to speak to community leaders about their situation. >> fremont police chief craig stecller announced his retirement after a 45 year career in law enforcement. >> he joined the fremont police department as deputy chief in 1986 and became police chief in 1992. >> under his leadership, the department dealt developed a strong volunteer program and improve use of technology. >> he will hold his role as a new resident of the international association of chiefs of police. fremont police captain richard luce

ro has been appointed acting police chief. >> here is a live look outside at the james lick we can see the world's always in debt. most of the showers have moved on through. --the roles are wet--the roads are wet and damp.

we are back at 4:25. talking national news. holiday shoppers ran for their lives tuesday at when a gunman started shooting at a mall near portland, oregon. three people were dead included the gunman. natisha lance has the story. >> shoppers ran for cover as a mass gunmen opened fire in a food court outside of macy's. >> the shoppers were loud and scary. >> the county sheriff's office said the gunmen killed two people and wounded another. before taking his own life. >> we have tentatively

identified the shooter at this time. we will not release his name or any other in formation of the then he is an adult male. we have 100 percent confirmed his identity. >> the mall santa was visiting with children when the shots rang out. >> i heard two shots and after that i heard about 15 or 16 more. i decided was gunshot i hit the floor. >> this man was at the mall apply for a job when customers came running into people were hiding behind counters. one lady went to the middle of sear. s >> shoppers were told to keep their hands in the air. outside of the mall police talk to shoppers to piece together what happened. >> if you did 10 people saw the same incident that will

give you 10 different versions. >> the lot is closed today as the investigation continues. i am natisha lance kron 4 news. >> withithe since secretary leon panetta says president obama will decide next few weeks how many u.s. troops will stay in afghanistan after the combat mission in december to about 14 pier officials have said president obama may settle on between 6000 10,000. u.s. troops in afghanistan. the post 2014 mission is expected to focus on a counter terrorism and advising afghan security forces. >> we will have more on the wet weather. that may be the story. to show us--we may

have spotty showers. erica will be up to give us our forecast next. >>

welcome back. the time is 4:30. >> we are taking a look from our roof camera glancing at 7 cisco. light rain is starting to break up. jericho will have a look at our forecast. >> good morning anny. >> light rain nothing to worry about. we are picking up showers and san francisco. the freeways are impacted as we take it down to the street u. the major roadways in their affairs are affected. at gary boulevard , lincoln way. >> use your when she wipers. i do not think we will run into flooding. we're starting to dry things out for redwood city in palo alto. those showers have pushed south. >> we are picking up light rain in sunnyvale and

cupertino. over to the east bay take a look at the yellow indicating moderate rain falling now. >> it looks like it has pushed out of union city. light rain over 880 and new work. over to highway 4 light rain being reported over the willow pass. >> in the south bay not much to concern yourself with. san jose is starting to dry out. >> we had a lot of instability in the air we could see thunderstorms and lightning, hail as we head into later this morning and into the afternoon hours. >> showers have pushed their way through. however, there is a possibility because see a straight showers later today. >> afternoon highs and fifties. mostly cloudy conditions later tonight. satellite and radar shows the shower activity is out in the bay area. it is an with systems low levels are dropping in tahoe to about

3,000 ft.. you do not need your chains in that direction. a rain snow mixed. not too much in terms of accumulation. futurecast 4 takes a look at rain. by 6:00 a.m. light rain in the livermore valley and evergreen, and gilroy. but dry for most of the bay area. later this afternoon the potential for a spotty showers. 6:00 p.m. tonight we could see clear conditions or parts of the peninsula. as we take a look at afternoon high school conditions. cool air associated with this system. a lot spots in the mid fifties. 544 fremont. 55 percent to clara. to the east bay mostly cloudy skies potential for showers. 534 fairfield. 544 castro valley. downtown san francisco at 55.

>> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows wet weather is not entirely behind us. however, most sunny skies for the day. a chance for rain on friday. another system will grow through saturday into sunday. we could see about two-thirds of an inch of rain for the bay area. we will continue to fine-tune your forecast. let us take a look at traffic. no hot spots a bridge check if you are approaching the bay bridge toll plaza an easy ride out of oakland to the city. >> at the san mateo bridge is raining on the eastern in for those of you coming from the nimitz freeway. >> southbound 101 a wet deck but no major accidents if you're coming out of the north bay. dies. >> thank you erica. on this wednesday we want to take a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza. let us get to our next headline.

>> pgm = in san matewe will tako mike pelton standing by he is at a post office in the marina. today they are trying out their same-day delivery in san francisco. let us get the latest with mike. >> a tall order mike. same they deliver. >> this is exclusive to san francisco for the time being. the postal service as to be more competitive with online shopping and try to create additional revenue. the program is called metro post and to head off that sharp decline in first class and standard mail. shoppers will have from 2 to 3:00 p.m. to place an order with a retailer and expect the

package to arrive between 4 and 8:00 p.m.. this is comparable to similar programs that charged $10. if successful in san francisco it will expand to other major cities next year. san francisco is being looked at as the test case. and hopes it brings in between 10-$15 million in san francisco. compare that to nearly 16 billion that was lost annually last year. that is a long way to go. back to you. >> when will see how it goes. thank you mike for the update. >> thank you james. the time is 4:35. >> police are searching for suspects to rob a man at gunpoint. pictures and surveillance videos from on lantos committee to call the line up showing a suspect--

both fled an indoor model silver dart charger. >> anyone with a fresh about the suspect is as call the san francisco police. >> explosion of metal theft from construction sites, public transit tracks and foreclosed homes have become a national problem. >> now san francisco hopes to crack down on metal fees. legislation passed unanimously tuesday by the city's board of supervisors to create a stricter permiting system that applies to both buyers and sellers. it also gives the police department more power to yank a permit if necessary. >> the new rules must pass the boar january before heading to mayor ed lee. >> police and concord are investigating a late-night fire that left one person without a home this morning.

>> the fire was reported around 1030 on the 11th hundred block of kenwal road in concord. firefighters brought fire under control. the red cross assisting with food shelter and clothing for one president no word yet on what caused the fire. >> the man charged with kidnapping and murdering morgan hill teenager sierra hallmark will enter a plea today for other crimes. 21 year old antolin torres is facing charges in the attacks on three women to thousand nine. all three cases have been morgan hill safeway parking lot. he is awaiting trial following his arrest in may for the disappearance of sierra lamar. >> chevron officials say small flare up at the refinery in richmond last night is nothing but dust as to be alarmed about here is chevron's spokesperson confirmed the flaring at current refinery earlier in the evening, but that it was

conducted at this a precaution. officials say no shelter in place order resulted for the small flareup, and the refinery is operating normally. the richmond refinery was the site of a major fire in august. when leaking fumes from a pipe carrying hot diesel fuel ignited sending thick black smoke in the air. >> one world trade center will be the tallest building in the world. the first of 18 giants still pieces will be hoisted into position we will follow the developments throughout the morning

welcome back the time is 4:40. >> in world news in north korea wants is a long-range rocket and satellite, is sparking international out rates.

>> the white house calling launch " a highly provocative act that threatens regional security ". some-that south korean and japanese officials think the launch is a cover for the test of a ban ballistic missile. >> then filed a strong protest with north korea and is looking to the united nations to tree counsel for consultation on the lot. >> the associated freezeand 40 press is reporting that an unnamed american space expert says, the rocket launch put a satellite into orbit. >> a judge ordered software mogul john mcafee to be released from a guatemalans detention center. the judge ruled maccabees detention is illegal. ordered him to be released and gave him 10 days to fix his immigration status in the country. police and belize where he has a home once question that the in the shooting death of his neighbor. >> he hobnobbed with the

beatles, became a hit >> is all i caught the spirit of the first rock a benefit concert with an instrument perplexing to most westerners. sitar virtuoso raavi shankar who live connect were permitted died yesterday at age 92. the prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a national treasure. >> the 92 year-old help millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the west as of the censors all traditional indian music over a decade career. beatle george harrison label him the godfather of world music. >> will be right back with more on our weather with

we're back at 4:44. we're 10 live look out of new york.

when the first section of a spire that will rise atop the world trade center's tallest building is being lifted into place. there are 18 pieces in all this is the very first of the pieces to have in place. they have been hooked up later they will raise the session into place. it has to go up 104 stories is the height of the building. it will take a while to get it up there. it will be fun to watch. >> will come back we are watching the weather here around the bay area as betake a live look outside the golden gate bridge showing a wet deck. rain is falling. not a lot, but enough to make a slit ride. hey erica. >> you are right james. it is light rain in nature. it will not cause flooding. it may cause of accidents. you know how people are in the rain. storm tracker 4 shows

light rain in portions of san francisco. the richmond district, the sunset, or around market street downtown san francisco picking up light rain. on 19th avenue and park the city held as well. drive with extra caution use your windshield wipers. >> over to the peninsula light rain for portions of interstate 280. that is pushing south it will hit cupertino and sunnyvale shortly. in the evening we will pick up light rain around pinole. up to antioch in pittsburgh light rain around the will pass. again it is light. it is green on your screen we are not seeing yellow. in the south bay we are drying out for downtown san jose. this will be the story with the rest of the morning a passing isolated showers. a lot of cool clouds pushing through associated with the system dropping from the gulf of alaska. with that 10

pitchers would not be warm. similar to what we are experiencing now we have a winter weather in advisory in effect. i do not think we will see much no this is a very moist system. expect cool conditions the potential for a shower later today. futurecast 4 shows by 8:00 a.m. light rain or rather six a dim light rain in the livermore valley. s- six a m >> letter may be a spotty showers are isolated thunderstorm. fifties everywhere 5053 for annapolis. 544 oakland3 napa. tr more wet weather saturday and sunday. >> in the traffic center no hot spots. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is

good out oakland into the city. we are seeing more cars on the roadway however, no slowdowns. the san mateo bridge is the same story the ride is 12 minutes from into end. >> southbound 101 the golden gate is reconfiguring the lines where south bound commute. wet conditions on the deck however, no accidents to report. a new accident in the south bay north down 87 at northbound 101. we do have a multi vehicle accident blocking the number one lane however, traffic is light. we are not seeing any slowdowns. >> public transit is good to go no delays whatsoever for ac transit, bart or a train no. 1. >> thank you erica the time is 4:48. >> with the flip of a switch, the lights on east and west bound spans of the bay bridge are now back on. >> the lights went out at about 730 last night and

caltran called in electricians, who simply flipped a breakers which and the lights came back on. they don't know yet why the breaker was stripped. >> whales and dolphins are most often associated with what are called stranding some when the animals end up stranded and die on the beach. >> but in santa cruz county large humbled sweden are washing ashore. hundreds of the riding squid carcasses can be found in apto area beaches from rio del mar to pleasure point. >> the abundance we're migrating north in search of food. el nino weather patterns may have drawn them to the cooler waters of northern california. >> bay area crab fisherman or ending the nearly week-

long strike after reaching an agreement with brokers over price. the two sides agreed on $3 per pound, ending the stalemate that get boats and harbors and local crab off market shelves. >> both from half moon bay, san francisco and bodega bay are already back at sea. local market to start receiving the fresh local crab on friday. >> children's hospital and research center oakland is $5 million goes to its call for building work in the next five to 10 years. kaiser permanente takdonated the check to assist a nonprofit medical centers rebuilding and modernization efforts to improve the quality of care is provided to children.

>> kaiser will review children's progress each of the new for years and will consider additional 5 million donations each year. >> new research this morning indicates that while national rates of childhood obesity have leveled off, new york city and philadelphia are showing significant decline. >> new york's health commissioner says for 30 years is obesity rates have been bad news. in the big apple, the number of obese children have dropped 5% for 2007 to 2011. philadelphia also reports a decline. >> in international comparison among 50 countries and states california acres or ride in the middle in math and science floor in the u.s. average. >> despite their ranking california students does just below the high level on both subject according to the data. california to spend in a state only in the eighth grade math and science test administered-

year for the first time since 2007. >> organizers of the outside lance music and arts festival were granted an eight year extension to their permit for the yearly event held in golden gate park. the board of supervisors unanimously voted to extend a permit until 2021. the agreement allowed to organize to increase attendance. capacity for three day festival from 50,000 to 75,000 requires them to pay more rent to the city as capacity for the three day festival. next year's outside landor from august 9th to august 11th. >> loss vegas is hoping to hit the quickie winning jackpot today. >> they are hoping the lure of a wedding license stamped with a once in a century 12- 12-12 will boost revenue. sen city's share of weddings businesses fallen by a third since 2004 is cities from north to new york have gotten into the building

industry. chapel's all over town of jumping at the chance to sell 12-12-12 packages at three times the normal price. >> a reminder to catch dr. phil at 10:00 a.m. after kron 4 morning news again at 10:00 a.m. and also

good morning time is 4:55 the rock-and-roll hall of fame announces its 2013 inductees. from hip-hop to hard rock, elisabeth corridan has your musical line up in today's hollywood minute. >> the inductees were

announced tuesday in los angeles. it spins across the musical spectrum the rock group heart. quincy jones. >> we are out there writing and traveling for years. we have been noticed. this is a big deal. >> the list of inductees are albert king, randy newman, and public enemy. the ceremony is set for next april. >> in an interview the actor says this is not a new diagnosis. he told the magazine he has prostate cancer for six or seven years and insures his examine regulate and that is not life-threatening. >> new england patriots quarterback tom reddy says he's thrilled to have his son have a sister. that stance, a brady he tells

espn he grew up with sisters and he is glad his son will experience it. he said in an interview having a girl in the house will give boys a lesson about what makes a woman take. >> for hollywood minute i'm elizabeth coriddan >> still ahead information on the couple that was found bound and gagged. >> same day delivery begins with the u.s. postal service today. details of how you can get package by dinner. >> we're watching the weather

(male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 5:00 a.m. starts now. >> good morning the top stories we're following this wednesday december 12th san francisco police arrest by people in connection with the death of a man was found

bound and gagged we will have details ahead. >> we are on flood waters around the bay area and along the coast with a live look from pacifica the highest tides of the year. >> the wet weather as mark was mentioning is evident on the golden gate bridge. we conceive droplets on the lens. the roadway is wet. -- we can see droplets on the lance. >> we are dry in santa rosa toward petaluma. light rain approaching san raphael and the 101580 interchange. as a resume in a round the bay area to show you where it is raining in your neighborhood. san francisco. let us take it to st. u. the richmond district, the sunset, along gary boulevard we are contending with rain. we are a dry for now in downtown san francisco. the showers are headed your way.

the peninsula is contending with rain around palo alto and the bayshore freeway. light rain in all and we're picking up light rain in downtown san jose. keep an umbrella heavy throughout the morning. you never know when a public shower is headed your way. >> a lot of instability in the air with that we could see pop of thunderstorms hail could be produced. that could be the case for this morning and later this afternoon. >> tomorrow mostly sunny conditions to temperatures on the cooler side. this weekend more rainfall had to the bay area. a lot of changes. full details on your extended forecast coming up in my next report. robyn. >> thank you erica no major problems relatively quiet around the bay area. be careful driving on the wet road if you are in an area where it is raining make sure you have your headlight and wipers on. once you get

on the road give yourself plenty of space between the cars around you. traffic looking good and the east bay no problems for the south bay. >> 101, 380, 280 trouble- free. i will have more traffic coming up in just a minute. >> the highest tides of the year will hit san francisco bay area. nearby beaches this week. in a condition called king tied. to give you more news faster we turn to kron 4 solo 4 jackie sissel 20 joins us live from pacifica. >> we will see a huge tide a 7.0. tomorrow a 7.1. tomorrow will be the biggest day. pacifica is always notorious this will be a place where you will see the waves crashing over the seawall presumably. another thing it is extremely windy out here mark. also the rain

is coming sideways. you get a combination. it is not as bad as it could be. it could get really ugly. nonetheless we will see a huge appetite for the next three days. >> thank you jackie we saw the closure of 101 northbound in marin at the mill valley exit because of flooding yesterday's the tides will be hire to day tomorrow and friday. >> thank you mark. pg&e crews and san mateo county are working to restore power in the area of montero and moss beach. the outage was reported around 930 leaving roughly 4800 customers without power. the outage began in the area of second avenue and main street in montero. the result of a transformer fire. at last check about 330 customers were still affected. pg said he hopes to have power restored by 6:00 a.m. this morning. >> @ developing story we are

following police have arrested five people in connection with the death of a man who was one of to a man and a woman was found bound and gagged on a san francisco street. police are not releasing any details about the relationship between the man and woman and whoever did this to them. only there was some kind of extensive relationship. there are many unanswered questions such as whether the two were beaten elsewhere and then dumped in san francisco on sunday night. >> the male victim identified as 26 a year old steven reed he died after being taken to the hospital. the woman has not been named is still in serious condition. she is expected to survive. no word on yet when the five suspects, three women into men will be rain. >> one person is dead and two o others injured. in the

800 block of hawkins' drive demand was reported shot minutes later a woman was ford shot in the 900 block of 18th street in west oakland. she was taken to hospital in stable condition. the two shootings followed afternoon shooting in the form of block of 60 street at about 230. the male victim and the incident was taken to the hospital in stable condition but was uncooperative spirit pleas of not released details on motives are suspect. >> police are investigating the shooting death of a teenager in south san jose. marking the city's 44, side of the year. >> officials were called to the 1500 block of fairhaven drive yesterday afternoon on reports of traffic collision. >> but when they arrive police found a 16 year-old boy did decide in suv . that was pushed up against a tree. police said the

teenager had at least one gunshot wound and based on the nature of the incident they're treating the debt as a homicide. >> with we are hoping to learn more about today after two people and the gunman were killed and a mall shooting near portland oregon. >> police and witnesses said the government was wet mass, camouflage clothing and a bulletproof vest when he opened fire yesterday afternoon in clackama town center awards biggest it is false. along with three deaths, a person in critical condition. we said they 10/the shooter and have not release his name. >> will have more on the rain and a couple of minutes and we will have showers depending on where you are will be back

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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. watching wall street a day after the dow

added 79 points. the s and p what was up 9 and the nasdaq back over the 3000 mark. up 35 to 3022. stocks rose on the expectation that the federal reserve will continue to pump cash into the economy. there wrap up today police s-policy meeting today. we will have an announcement from the fed around 930 our time. >> economists say some of the a's added about is a cliff may be misplaced and a brief fall probably wouldn't be too damaging. even if new year's passes with no deal, there would be no need to panic as long as an agreement seemed likely soon. the tax increases and spending cuts could be retroact repealed. a new report is encouraging news of businesses, especially in the wake of superstar on sandy mastercard adviser and wells fargo reports spending by holiday shoppers trump said the impact on small businesses in november.

>> the report says shoppers spent 5.2 percent more at small retailers in november than they did last year. total u.s. retail sales increased 4.5% of the net same time. >> red box is looking to challenge to red envelope guys. >> red box, the ddt kiosk co. is launching a movie screening service to challenge net flicks. the news service will offer an unlimited streaming video plan that includes movies from warner brothers, and epix along with four night of dvd rentals, for $8 a month. the service will not include tv shows when it launches on an invitation only base by the end of the year. >> we will take a break is 5:11 a.m.. here is a live look at the bay bridge for tick traffic is moving well at the toll plaza and the ground is not terribly wet

although we have scattered showers. we will get a full report with erica coming up on the =dj

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. >> new this morning. the first section of a spire that will ride atop the world trade center's tallest building is said to be lifted into place. this is one of 19 sections that-18 sections. going on top of one world trade center. the first piece will be hoisted on top of the 104 story building. the top of the building will be 1007 under 76 ft. in commemoration of 1776 the year the u s was declared independent. >> a milestone in lower manhattan and the construction of one world

trade with this fire going in place on top of the building piece by piece. >> here in the bay area watching the weather in tracking the rain. let us go to erica in the weather center. >> good morning storm tracker 4 is picking up light rain around the bay area. the green on your screen indicates it is light in nature. it is currently raining in san rafeal around 1 1/580 interchange. it has llight up around ocean city. >> golden gate avenue in along market street all of your approaches, the lower deck of the bay bridge picking up light rain. i do not think polling will be a concern. as we take it to the clothesline half moon bay, highway one thing foggy conditions. visibility is compromised. we are picking up light rain for portions of interstate 280 around cupertino and sunnyvale.

drive with extra caution. it is not to bad in san jose however, the rain that was there continues to push south. >> here is a wider view on satellite and radar the cold front is mainly pushed south however, we have the potential to see scattered showers and to the afternoon. i do have a lot of instability in the atmosphere. that means we encountered the chance for a pop up thunderstorm, some hail could be produced. that would be for the coastline between 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. this is not a really moist system we will not see too much snow in the sierra. snow levels are dropping down to about 3,000 ft.. >> a lot of clout with the system may be scattered showers. 6:00 a.m. you can see light rain for the livermore valley. the rain diminishes as we head into the afternoon. >> your day planner shows we

have the potential for scattered showers with the rest of the day. keep an umbrella handy. tomorrow however, you can put it away we will see mostly sunny conditions for most of the bay area. >> for temperatures will be on the cold side air associated with a cold front pushing its way through. into the weekend rain likely saturday into sunday. >> your afternoon highs looked like similar conditions as to what we are experiencing now. 54 and concord. 55 in downtown san francisco. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows rain returned saturday to sunday. we will continue with the chance for a static shower as we start the next work week. >> robyn. >> thank you erica. be careful when driving on the wet roads the number of accidents increase when it is raining. we do not have any hot spots a major problem so far.

>> heading into san francisco and i slight easing ride leading to the bay bridge toll plaza. your drive time checking in at less than 10 minutes from the oakland maze into downtown san francisco. >> more cars on the road on westbound 92 crossing the san mateo bridge heading out towards a work force of the city. clocking in at 12 minutes from the nimitz freeway. the way traffic heading in and out of san francisco by way of the golden gate is wet. be careful and give yourself extra time before you head out. the traffic looking good here across the golden gate. >> switching to the traffic map east down 580 at grand a fender bender blocking one lane. >> heading to the south bay an accident wrapping up north down 87 at the northbound 101 connecting ramp. traffic is getting by on 87, 101, and 280 of south bay freeway is moving

well. >> thank you robyn. >> chevron officials say a small flareup at its refinery in richmond yesterday evening is nothing to be alarmed about. >> a chevron spokesman confirmed the flaring was done as a safety precaution. officials say no shelter employes order resulted from a small flare up, and a refinery is operating normally. >> the richmond refinery was the site of a major fire in august leading fumes from a pipe carrying hot diesel fuel ignited sending thick black smoke into the air. >> none of that occurred last night. >> detectives in pleasant hill said a copycat criminal be blamed for the latest pipeipe bomb was found outside pleasant hill elementary school. it did not go off. the pipe bomb case marked the second three days. on saturday that most will up this mailbox, a short time later officers dismantled another pipe

bomb and arrest three teenagers. >> but at this point they're not looking--linking of that case to the one at the elementary school. police cecily the mental the bosuccesse bomb found at the school no arrest had been made. >> uc berkeley has announced that it is launching a new scholarship fund exclusively for undocumented students on campus. the dreamers on will start with a $1 million donation from evelyn and walter haas. and document tunes in california are eligible for some state funds college programs for our in eligible federally financial aid. the million dollars will be paid to an document is doing so it was 10 years. >> antioch new mayor is taking office at a time

when there is a spike in violent crime in the city. >> wave harper has been in office exactly one week and there have been one murder and murder in separate drive-by shootings. that injured two people yesterday morning. harper says the first thing he wants to do is address the problem by creating a committee that will work with the community. harper who is also a tracy police officer wants to beat the into a police force-fed beef upper the tracy police department. >> the james lick looks slick although there is light traffic. we will be right

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we're back is 5:25 a.m. talking bay area headlines. the city of lafayette is hoping to have that giant

sinkhole that opened up after last weekend's storm repaired by christmas. >> the city has hired birds tick protectors c.c. meyers for the job. >> a single form on mt. view drive after a storm drain failed. it was initially thought the road would be close for the entire winter. >> the cleanup and repairs related to a water pipe break that said a river of mud flowing into daly city neighborhood last month are expected to cost about a million dollars. >> yesterday, the city council approve setting aside nine under $90,000 to pay for repairs to the hillside above the homes in lausanne ave. >> repairs also be made to the a inch water main that cracked open november 13th. >> city officials say the funding for these repairs will come from money already collected for residents' water bill. >> with the following the bankruptcy and liquidation of hostess france. and

today, the last shipment of twinkies and the country will hit store shelves in chicago this morning. >> select chicago when jewell osco stores were received 20,000 boxes of twinkies,ding dongd ,zingers, the and george cupcakes. but do not fret we will probably see the sex again. >> a bankruptcy judge of setting off hostesses' assets over 100 bidders by for purchases, one briton of the company brands. >> the bay area's favorite way to bring in the new year is always the kron 4. >> the biggest party and spectacular fireworks will be on kron fours new year's live show. it is hosted by catherine heenan and gary rasncih.

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that allowed borrowers their friends as well and we're tracking another storm that is moving through right now was some rain showers expected on and off throughout the day. not

related to the storm but astronomical high tides are being seen around the bay area. the highest tides of the year and jackie sissel is it watching the tides in pacifica this morning. >> the king tied is rolling and but we're not supposed to see high tide until 945 this morning. you can see already near the pacific appear that the waves are almost over the sea wall. they're coming up real quick. it's not just today is action for the next three days we will see these so- called king tides. friday and tomorrow morning will be the biggest of the three days. another thing is it is windy and no rain is coming and sideways in pacifica. if you're any of those low- lying areas around the bay are the ocean be aware that

the tide will be extremely high for the next couple of days. major you stand back out here obviously. >> we're watching the marin county north fell 1 01 exit closed yesterday do the high tides around the bay with flooding. we are expecting that again today tomorrow and probably friday. for the next two mornings it will be for an update on bay area weather were tracking storms coming through the erica kato >> good morning we have light showers are around the bay area this morning. forces of the bay area as an nfl of palo love. you can see sam francisco and los showers have pushed the way east. the bay bridge toll plaza and the lower east shore freeway can see we're starting to dry things out. you could still encounter some damp roadways. portions

of highway 1 01 of around half " moon bay and interstate 283 redwood city. the light rain that was and son all continues to push its way south. you may need your windshield wipers, not much moisture associated with this system. we could trigger and isolated thunderstorms later today. small hail could be produced a lot of arctic air associated with this cold front. temperatures only climb into the mid '50s. tomorrow is looking pretty good but we have more changes into the weekend. full details on your extended forecast coming up in just a bit. >> since it has been raiding make sure you're driving at a reduced speed. we have

regular slow commute traffic. this is your ride on westbound for, crowded as usual as you work your way out of antioch. give yourself extra time if you're traveling along that stretch. wrapping up in the north bay no. 87 highway 1 01 pretty much in the final clearing status for the 1 01 to 87. your full traffic check coming up in just a bit. >> there is something perfect for those who like to shop online at are also am a patient about getting those items. starting today the u.s. postal service is launching same-day delivery and could have those items delivered as soon as two hours after you buy them. will tran is here to explain it, it is not everywhere just yet? >> no only in san francisco. we are the guinea pig. the postal service is looking at losing $16 billion just this

year. they're hoping to shake things up and try something new to get some money and did the service back on its feet. it is called metro post. it is a flat $10 rate. how is in san francisco for now but if it works chicago, new york city, boston and some other major cities will have it within the next year or so. you may be asking yourself which companies are participating? the u.s. postal service says they cannot release at that. you would think they would, it would be in their best interest. because of the contract they cannot tell which companies are participating. lot on and buy your items it same-day delivery - here's the catch you have to give the post

office time to pick the item up and deliver it. it could be as early as 4:00 in the evening. we will see what happens in get reaction when people start using the service later on. we will just have to wait and see. >> you're right we will just have to wait and see. >> 5:35 a.m. and police in concord are investigating a fire that left one person without a home this morning. it happened in the 1100 block of co ave. they brought the fire and sit under control and about half an hour. the red cross is assisting. the man charged with kidnapping and murder in morgan hill teenagers sierra lamar will enter a plea today for other crimes. 21

year-old and lenders see a thorez is facing charges in the attacks on three women in 2009. of three cases happened morgan hill safeway parking lot. four is still awaiting trial following his arrest in may for the disappearance of sierra lamar. >> there is a live look at the golden gate bridge or the commute coming out of marin county is not the bad. the road is still a little wet this morning, we had some scattered showers. nothing major is all light but it is making the roads dam. we will be right back.

if the fiscal cliff negotiations and the president obama continues to push for his plans to avert a fiscal cliff. he will hold a conference today with a bipartisan group of mayors and community leaders to talk about preventing an income tax increase on middle class families while finding a way reduce the deficit. president obama and house speaker baker had a private phone call last night or republicans presented a counteroffer to

the president. so far president obama and republicans and not able work out a budget compromise. they appear to be getting closer and how much to cut from the federal budget and how much tax revenue to raise. at the same time we're here from house democrats that the deal may not be done by christmas. >> and world news north korea's launch of a long- range rocket and satellite is sparking international outrage this morning. the white house is calling the launch " a highly provocative act that threatens regional security on " south korean and japanese officials think the launch is a cover for the test of the ban ballistic missile. japan filed a strong protest with north korea and is looking to the united nations security council for consultations on the launch. the associated press is reporting that an undermanned american space experts as the rocket launch put a satellite into orbit. >> the united states is

following france and the united kingdom and recognizing the new syrian opposition coalition as the " sole legitimate representative of " of the syrian people. the recognition comes as the fourth conference for the friends of the syrian people gets ready to open today un morocco. the conference includes more than a hundred delegates from europe and the gulf countries. traffic seems to be moving all right, it is a little wet out there. erica has a full forecast coming up in a little bit. there are some showers that you need to know about.

?ñ police in portland oregon have not given a possible motive in a mall shooting that killed three people including the gunman who died. another person was wounded the gunman was wearing a mask that

camouflage clothing and a bulletproof vest when he opened fire at where the state's biggest and busiest malls. the severance as the bay and nearby beaches will have a king tied and the next few days. king tides occurred to the four times every year. the waves will peak tomorrow but we are expecting to see a 7.1 ft. wave near the golden gate bridge at 945 this morning. not a lot of moisture associated >> with this cold fried so it'll be cherry and this afternoofront and it is chilly s morning. raining currently

over the golden gate bridge. and the east bay, this could affect your commute. we are picking up light rain coming out of the caldecott tunnel highway 24. rain continues into macarthur maze. light rain for alameda stretching into san leandro. turning our attention to the coast line, half moon bay in the mid paillette peninsula redwood city in palo alto. the rain is intense personal and most of the rain has pushed its way east. if you take a look at satellite and radar you can see most of the rain has pushed its way south. not a lot of moisture with this system, we will not see too much snow in the sierra. a winter weather advisory is still in effect and gusty conditions could still persist. there is a rain snow makes but snow levels will drop to about

3,000 ft.. on tap for later on today future cast four predicts by 3:00 p.m. we will have spotty showers in the south bay. rain chances diminished as we head into the evening. but no up because it will be a cool one later on today. -- bundled up 54% to clara, 55 for milpitas. mostly cloudy conditions and lots of instability in the air. we could pick up an isolated thunderstorm. concord at 55 and union city napa as 53, 55 and the city. 7 day around the bay shows wet weather returns saturday and two sunday with a chance of showers as we start the next work week. 548 and now on to traffic. good morning robin

>> good morning and remember you should be driving at a reduced speed it this morning where it is still raining. headlights and wipers are required. we have no major problems but we have a heavy volume of traffic at it into san francisco. the bay bridge toll plaza shows more car is going into the city but the drive times are still the same. more cars on the road heading across the san mateo bridge, a little crowded but traffic is moving at the limit between hayward and foster city. the golden gate bridge traffic is moving just fine into and out of san francisco. the north bay is 22 minutes into downtown san francisco. normal sluggish commute traffic for your ride. no accidents and no problems along wet stretch it is just low. all

to my headed towards livermore but it loosens up before you reach that 680 interchange work your way towards dublin. >> it is 5:49 a.m. and this year's election dominated social media especially on twitter. this release is twitters year in list and tweets about the election factor and to many categories. more than 31 million tweets about the election for example were posted on november 26th election day. president obama as election night tweet says four more years which included this picture of him hugging the first lady, was the most retreated ever. twitter says three tweets of about us message came from more than 200 countries. and all there were more than 810,000 wreath tweets of the message. about must we be out its we posted by just a leader who's said goodbye to a 60 girl who died in september from brain cancer. the tweet from the pop singer was

retreated more than 220,000 times. and the exports cadbury has tagged as bad giants was the fifth most popular sports tweet. no surprise given that the world series was won by the san francisco giants defeated detroit tigers and a four game sweep in october. other popular tweets included subjects like the summer olympics in london, generating more than 150 million tweets, the mtv video music awards in super storm sandy. >> we're watching work being done all round the world trade center complex takes place today. the first section of the spider that will rise atop the world trade center's paul was building is said to be lifted into place. not an 18 giant steel pieces of this by our ride at the site in new york city yesterday.

the nhl season of labor talks continue today. this'll be the first meeting since talks broke off last week. the league is cancelled all games the december 30th. more than 40 percent of the regular season has now been cancelled. the lockout is now is 88 today. we hope it comes to some sort of resolution and the next two weeks otherwise the entire nhl season will be cancelled. pablo sandoval all is going to be a judge in the upcoming miss universe pageant. the giants third baseman and 2012 world series mvp will be a judge in the 2012 miss universe pageant on december 19th and lost vegas. >> the census bureau says about 100,000 more people

moved away from california last year than relocate to the state. says officials say the cost of living california has increased prompting people to move out. they also said unemployment in the state has skyrocketed in recent years. the census bureau calculates that most popular destinations for those leaving california is taxes. residents are also leave an estate for about washington and oregon. >> let's take a look here at what's up after the news. it is dr. phil in today's episode he is talking about two stories of separated loved ones. that is today at 10:00 a.m.. [ crickets chirping ]

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the pope has sent a the first tweet from his personal twitter account. he sent a message personally about 230 hours of this

morning california time. its first tweet read " dear friends i am pleased to get in touch with you through twitter. think you for your generous response. i bless all of you from my heart. and " pulp benedictus 6 it launches pawns of acts twitter account last week he has more than $600,000 already. >> out lindsey lohan attorney is going to return to court today and the latest case she is caught up and. she does not have to be at today's are rain meant but she lied to police and was driving recklessly when her pores slammed into a dump truck in june. that could result in a probation violation. she remains on got probation for taking a necklace without permission last year. she had been ordered to stay out of trouble after that. a schedule for the next court date is likely to be scheduled today.

>> on some of the stories we're following for the next hour coming ups, the latest on a gunman who opened fire and in oregon mall before turning the gun on himself. the crews in lafayette can tear it continued to repair the city's giant sinkhole and an estimate on when the repairs will be finished. potential for flooding around the bay area, the highest tides of the year. we're live in pacifica were the tide is coming up. we will be back as the kron4 morning news continues.